Parallel Verses

NET Bible

(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.

New American Standard Bible

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown as in a moment,
And no hands were turned toward her.

King James Version

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

Holman Bible

ו VavThe punishment of my dear people
is greater than that of Sodom,
which was overthrown in an instant
without a hand laid on it.

International Standard Version

The guilt of my cherished people surpasses the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, without a hand to help her.

A Conservative Version

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

American Standard Version

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

Amplified


For the [punishment of the] wickedness of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem]
Is greater than the [punishment for the] sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown in a moment,
And no hands were turned toward her [to offer help].

Bible in Basic English

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

Darby Translation

And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.

Julia Smith Translation

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people will be great above the sin of Sodom being overthrown as in a moment, and no hands waited for her.

King James 2000

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, with no hands laid on her.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom; it was overthrown in a moment and no hands were laid on her.

Modern King James verseion

And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is heaped more than the sin of Sodom, overthrown as in a moment, and no hands spun on her.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{Vav} The sin of the daughter of my people is become greater than the wickedness of Sodom, that suddenly was destroyed, and not taken with hands.

New Heart English Bible

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant, and no hands were laid on her.

The Emphasized Bible

And the punishment of the daughter of my people hath grown greater than the punishment of Sodom, - which was overthrown as in a moment, when no hands had been laid violently upon her.

Webster

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

World English Bible

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.

Youngs Literal Translation

And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as in a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the punishment of the iniquity
עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

of the daughter
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

of my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

is greater
גּדל 
Gadal 
Usage: 115

חטּאת חטּאה 
Chatta'ah 
Usage: 294

of the sin of Sodom
סדם 
C@dom 
Usage: 39

as in a moment
רגע 
Rega` 
Usage: 22

and no hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

Prayers for Lamentations 4:6

Context Readings

Zion Is Punished

5 (He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage. 6  (Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. 7 (Zayin) Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair like lapis lazuli.

Cross References

Genesis 19:25

So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

Luke 10:12

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

Isaiah 1:9-10

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Lamentations 4:9

(Tet) Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.

Ezekiel 16:48-50

As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.

Daniel 9:12

He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us -- what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Matthew 11:23-24

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Matthew 24:21

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Luke 12:47

That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

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